May 7 to 13 is Hurricane Preparedness Week

Here are the 2017 tropical storm and hurricane names for the Atlantic Basin. As of the May 7, 2017 publication of this article, the Atlantic had already given life to Tropical Storm Arlene in April. (Source: WECT)

Do you know your property's risk for the flooding, wind, and surge that hurricanes can bring? Do you have a hurricane kit? An evacuation plan? And are you prepared, if and when the time comes, to take action?

Your First Alert Weather Team guided you through the inception, approach, onslaught, and aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in October of 2016 - and dozens of other storms over the decades. And this year, we're offering you something different: a completely digital hurricane survival guide. Look for the guide to hit wect.com and your WECT Mobile Weather App between now and June.

Atlantic Hurricane Season officially runs from June 1 through November 30. An average Atlantic hurricane season produces a total of 12 named tropical storms and, of those, 5 hurricanes and 2 major (Cat. 3+) hurricanes.